Miami Marlins lost big -- and fast -- in 2013

The Miami Marlins lost big this season, totaling a triple-figure total for just the second time in franchise history. At least they lost fast.

According to stats man David Feldman, the Marlins over their 1,509 innings played (IP) had the shortest average time of inning (TOI) at 19.0 minutes among National League teams and third-shortest in the majors behind the Blue Jays (18.9) and Royals (19.1).

Guess you can look at that in a couple of ways. The glass-half-full view is Marlins' pitchers didn't give up many big innings and manager Mike Redmond wasn't forced to make countless mid-ininng pitching changes.

Conversely, the the Marlins' offense wasn't on the field long either. They were last in the majors with 1,257 hits, 128 fewer than the average National League team.

In 2013, the average TOI in the majors was 20.0 minutes, up 24 seconds (0.4 minutes) from 2012. That doesn't sound like much, but over the course of a season that extra 24 seconds per inning amounts to 9 hours, 40 minutes, or roughly three extra games worth of time.